Salman Aristo

Salman Aristo

Birth : 1976-04-13, Jakarta, Indonesia

History

Salman Aristo is an Indonesian screenwriter and film director, best known for his work on Verses of Love (2007), The Rainbow Troops (2008), Garuda di Dadaku (2009), and The Dancer (Sang Penari, 2011).

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Salman Aristo

Movies

The Ballads of Roy
Writer
After the death of his father, Roy moved to Serang with his mother. He is different from most boys and that makes him liked by lots of girls in his school.
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Executive Producer
Lisa and Sarah, two 17-year-old teenagers, want to be together by accepting each other for who they are. However, everything becomes difficult when Lisa's obsession with pornography keeps them away and alone while exploring the light and dark of the teenage world.
Cinta Pertama, Kedua & Ketiga
Co-Producer
Raja & Asia have the same responsibility, taking care of their two single parents respectively. If Raja wants to live independently like his two sisters, Asia has chosen to be devoted to her mother who she feels has sacrificed everything for her. Then, Dewa & Linda, their parents, began to unite their hearts. Raja was happy, Asia hesitated. When Raja convinces Asia that their parents are compatible together, Raja & Asia slowly fall in love.
Cinta Pertama, Kedua & Ketiga
Music Director
Raja & Asia have the same responsibility, taking care of their two single parents respectively. If Raja wants to live independently like his two sisters, Asia has chosen to be devoted to her mother who she feels has sacrificed everything for her. Then, Dewa & Linda, their parents, began to unite their hearts. Raja was happy, Asia hesitated. When Raja convinces Asia that their parents are compatible together, Raja & Asia slowly fall in love.
This Earth of Mankind
Writer
A Javanese royal and half-Dutch woman fall in love as Indonesia rises to independence from colonial rule.
Two Blue Stripes
Co-Producer
Young love leads to heartbreak for two star-crossed high school students when an unplanned pregnancy has agonizing consequences for their families.
Kuambil Lagi Hatiku
Producer
Agra City, India, will be the witness to the marriage of Sinta and Vikash, which are just counting the days. But Sinta is shocked by her mother, Widhi Malthora, who suddenly disappears. Sinta tries various ways to find out her mother's whereabouts while Vikash's family urge that the marriage be carried out immediately. Apparently Widhi returns to her hometown in Indonesia after receiving a telephone call from Dimas, her only brother. Widhi gets word that her father had died three months ago. Sinta is shocked because she always heard from her mother that her mother has no family in Java. Sinta is following her mother's departure with a thousand questions and delays her marriage in India. Arriving in Borobudur Village, Widhi's hometown, how surprised is Sinta, when she discovers the reality of her true roots and the dark secrets of her mother's past is not as beautiful as she has imagined so far. This reality will change her life forever.
Satu Hari Nanti
Co-Producer
Two lovebirds who live abroad in Swiss find themselves in awkward situation when another couple arrived and enter their life that cause sparks between each other of them.
Satu Hari Nanti
Writer
Two lovebirds who live abroad in Swiss find themselves in awkward situation when another couple arrived and enter their life that cause sparks between each other of them.
Satu Hari Nanti
Director
Two lovebirds who live abroad in Swiss find themselves in awkward situation when another couple arrived and enter their life that cause sparks between each other of them.
Buka'an 8
Writer
A married couple prepares for the birth of their child. But conflict and chaos ensue when the wife's family gets wind of the husband's money.
There is Love in High School
Story
In this high school musical, a talented teen tries to change his reputation by running for student council president against his ambitious friend.
Emma'
Writer
In 1950s Makassar, the life of a devoted mother is upended when another woman enters her husband's life.
Talak 3
Story
A divorced couple, Bagas and Risa, wish to remarry. But to lawfully do so, they must first find a "contract husband" to briefly marry and divorce Risa.
Skakmat
Writer
Jamal , motorcycle taxi drivers who like to play chess, had a dream to open a the motor wash near his base. Rodiah, Jamal’s mother, threatens him if not promptly changes his life, the family land quota for him will be his cousin. In love affairs Jamal is challenged by Mirna’s parents because his unstable work. Jamal is asked by Ivan, whom he knew inadvertently, to take Dito, a courier heroin, to Tanah Tinggi Boss. He gives Jamal is an advance of 10 million and 90 million reward if he can complete the task. Having never seen that much money, Jamal directly takes it. Ivan knows that Dito is targeted by Mami Tuti, a bookies who revenge on Dito because he made her sister a broken heart and became a junkie. After giving this task to Jamal, Ivan flees to Hong Kong with his wife.
Mencari Hilal
Screenplay
With special agreement with his sister, not so close son agree to accompanied his strictly religious father journey to find "Hilal".
Ayat Ayat Adinda
Writer
A melodious voice does not necessarily makes Adina (Tissa Biani) a member of her school‘s qasidah team. Faisal (Surya Saputra), Adina’s father, forbids her. Faisal strongly urges her to focus on studies. Adina’s family never lives long in one place. They often move and are excluded wherever they live. Adina slowly began to understand. Her family are considered heretical. Although Adina does not understand what it is heretical. Driven by the desire to make his family proud and respected by others, Adina determines to follow MTQ contest and to win it. But, her desire gets obstacles. Faisal existence is considered a problem by the neighbours. Faisal gives an ultimatum to his wife and children: not to behave any kinds which make them into the spotlight. One little mistake will make them not only expelled from their homes, but their safety is also threatened.
Yasmine
Screenplay
Yasmine, a high school student from Brunei, fed up with studying and her strict father, decides to learn silat, a martial art practiced in Southeast Asia, after a boy displays his own knowledge of silat in order to impress her.
Cinta Dalam Kardus
Producer
Miko feels it's time to break up with his current girlfriend Putri. He is looking for a new experience and set his mind on performing a stand up comedy act at a café. When things do not go as planned, he ends up using a cardboard box full of souvenirs of his 21 ex-crushes to convince the audience that love is overrated.
Cinta Dalam Kardus
Scenario Writer
Miko feels it's time to break up with his current girlfriend Putri. He is looking for a new experience and set his mind on performing a stand up comedy act at a café. When things do not go as planned, he ends up using a cardboard box full of souvenirs of his 21 ex-crushes to convince the audience that love is overrated.
Cinta Dalam Kardus
Director
Miko feels it's time to break up with his current girlfriend Putri. He is looking for a new experience and set his mind on performing a stand up comedy act at a café. When things do not go as planned, he ends up using a cardboard box full of souvenirs of his 21 ex-crushes to convince the audience that love is overrated.
Negeri 5 Menara
Scenario Writer
Negeri 5 Menara is a film by Kompas Gramedia production together Million Pictures, which is an adaptation of a novel by Ahmad Fuadi entitled Negeri 5 Menara . The scenario was written by Salman Aristo is also the author of the screenplay Ayat- Ayat Cinta , Laskar Pelangi , The Dancer . Directed by Affandi Abdul Rachman This movie was filmed in Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor Ponorogo, East Java , West Sumatra , Bandung , to London . This movie was released on March 1, 2012 .
Jakarta Hati
Co-Producer
It is an omnibus consisting of six stories.
Jakarta Hati
Writer
It is an omnibus consisting of six stories.
Jakarta Hati
Director
It is an omnibus consisting of six stories.
Garuda Di Dadaku 2
Writer
Bayu (Emir Mahira), who is a member of elite national soccer team U-15, wants to prove that he can bring his team to win ASEAN junior competition in Jakarta. With support from his best friend, Heri (Aldo Tansani), the new girl in school he is attracted to, Anya (Monica Sayangbati), and the new coach Mr. Wisnu (Rio Dewanto), Bayu leads his friends working hard to reach the final. However, a new guy on the team, Yusuf, steals Bayu's spotlight as the rising star. Now the team is in a great mess, and Bayu runs away from the training. As the big match is approaching, can Bayu and his team bring Indonesia to victory?
The Dancer
Writer
Orphaned by a tragedy that took the lives of her parents, Srintil grows up in a poor Indonesian village aspiring to be a sacred dancer.
Five Eagles
Writer
Baron is reluctant to move from Jakarta to Balikpapan. In the new town, he chooses to play with his RC car, instead of making new friends. Despite his behavior, Baron is chosen to represent his school in a boy-scout camp with his schoolmate, the overtly optimistic Rusdi. Together with other friends, the fire expert Anton and the temperamental Aldi, and a strong girl they meet in a camp named Sindai, they stumble into an unexpected adventure.
Jakarta Maghrib
Screenplay
An omnibus movie derived from five real events experienced by some urban Jakarta residents during maghrib.
Jakarta Maghrib
Director
An omnibus movie derived from five real events experienced by some urban Jakarta residents during maghrib.
Hari Untuk Amanda
Writer
It tells about a girl in hesitation before her marriage, for her ex-lover, who once shared 8 years of romance with her, returns to her life. In the end she must choose one of them.
Sang Pemimpi
Writer
A trio of friends struggles to make it through adolescence, all while hoping that bigger and better things await them.
New Couples
Writer
There are many new couples in Jakarta. All of them have one thing in common: They are all alienated from each other. Like the couple in this story. They have to face a situation where there might be a burglar breaking into their house. At that moment they realise that they don’t have any of neighbours' number to call for help. In fact they don’t know them at all. But they know their life gossips, though. It could be a funny situation. But can you laugh at yourself easily?
New Couples
Director
There are many new couples in Jakarta. All of them have one thing in common: They are all alienated from each other. Like the couple in this story. They have to face a situation where there might be a burglar breaking into their house. At that moment they realise that they don’t have any of neighbours' number to call for help. In fact they don’t know them at all. But they know their life gossips, though. It could be a funny situation. But can you laugh at yourself easily?
Garuda Di Dadaku
Writer
A talented 12-year-old boy dream of becoming a great soccer player despite his loving grandfather's stern disapproval.
Kambing Jantan: The Movie
Writer
Dika, nicknamed Kambing, continues his study in Australia and takes a finance degree that he doesn't have any interest in. Problem arises because he has to undergo long distance relationship with his girlfriend that causes the swelling of expenses and study difficulties. Then he meets a friend from primary school who believes that he can be a comedy writer. This opens up his mind in his search for identity.
The Rainbow Troops
Writer
A group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung.
Karma
Writer
When Arman brings his pregnant girlfriend, Sandra back home, strange occurrence begin to terrorise his family.
Ayat-Ayat Cinta
Writer
Fahri attracted many women, including Maria, Nurul, and Naora. They hide their feelings until Fahri's marriage with Aisha which broke their hearts.
Long Road To Heaven
Dokter
This film is set in the aftermath of the 2002 Bali bombings. Focusing on three different perspectives, it looks at how these individuals find peace in their lives. Note: this film was banned from screening in Bali. A rating was declined by the Bali censorship board, due to concerns the film might have stirred up tensions in Indonesia.
Lentera Merah
Dewan Alumni 65
An employee of Lentera Merah, the campus newspaper of the University of Indonesia, is found dead in the office with the number '65' written in blood. Meanwhile, five students compete for a position at the publication.
Foto, Kotak, dan Jendela
Producer
TV producer Dimas Airlangga, magazine editor-in-chief Nur Larasati, and actor Reno Barata work together on a TV show, only to realize each of them are facing the same dilemma -- they couldn't forget their exes.
Jomblo
Novel
The story is about a journey to find a true love by four guys, Agus, Doni, Olip and Bimo, who lived and study in Bandung. It’s about love, commitment of love and asking what the responsibility of love is. All wrap in drama comedy genre, but not like slapstick comedy.
Jomblo
Writer
The story is about a journey to find a true love by four guys, Agus, Doni, Olip and Bimo, who lived and study in Bandung. It’s about love, commitment of love and asking what the responsibility of love is. All wrap in drama comedy genre, but not like slapstick comedy.
Alexandria
Screenplay
Bagas keeps his feeling towards his neighbor and childhood friend, Alexandria, but he is unable to express it out. Things change when Bagas realizes that his best friend, Rafi, moves ahead and declares his love to Alexandria, much to her acceptance.
Alexandria
Story
Bagas keeps his feeling towards his neighbor and childhood friend, Alexandria, but he is unable to express it out. Things change when Bagas realizes that his best friend, Rafi, moves ahead and declares his love to Alexandria, much to her acceptance.
Cinta Silver
Writer
The film tells about "Syahlevi", a person who is very busy with his work that does not really care about himself. His mother, played by Rima Melati, has to repeatedly remind him to get married.
Notes for the End of School
Writer
Determined not to graduate as losers, best friends Agni, Alde, and Arian set out to shoot a documentary that chronicles their last days in high school.
Brownies
Story
Mel has a successful life. It all changes when her fiancé, Joe, is involved with another woman. She changes drastically and had all her friends worried. They decide to introduce Mel to Are, a book store owner and brownies baker. When Mel and Are fall in love, Joe reappears and tries to reclaim his love for Mel.
Looking for Love in 30 Days
Story
Keke, Gwen and Olin, best friends since high school, live together in Olin’s parent's house. One day they make a pact to find a boyfriend. Their first attempt fails so they make a bet on who would find the right partner within 30 days. In the process, their friendship deteriorates.
Durian
Pemain Catur Merah
A married man in his 30s and a teenage school girl are having their last rendezvous in their regular shady hotel. Smuggled for their dessert is a strong-smelled fruit called durian.